New Bearcat Revolver
Includes 50th Anniversary Model
Caliber: 22 LR
Beginning Serial Number: Years of Production:
93-00001 1993
93-00505 1994
93-00914 1995
93-01997 1996
93-04135 1997
93-09667 1998
93-14909 1999
93-18292 2000
93-19299 2001
93-20630 2002
93-22218 2003
93-24078 2004
93-31220 2005
93-35949 2006
93-38307 2007
93-40968 and SBC-00001* 2008
93-43459 2009
93-46872 2010
93-50022 2011
93-53521 2012
93-57998 2013
93-60740 2014
93-64814 2015

* 50th Anniversary Model

The above chart shows the approximate first serial number shipped for the indicated year. This number should be used as a point of reference only. It is not necessarily the very first serial number shipped, but it can be used to determine the approximate year your Ruger firearm was shipped.

Ruger does not necessarily produce firearms in serial number order. There are occasions when blocks of serial numbers have been manufactured out of sequence, sometimes years later. Also, within a model family the same serial number prefix may be used to produce a variety of different models, all in the same block of serial numbers. And in some cases, firearms may be stored for a length of time before they are shipped.

For details on your specific serial number you may contact our Service Department: 336-949-5200

For serial numbers manufactured prior to our electronic records, or for an official letter confirming the details on your firearm please download and mail in the Request for Letter of Authenticity form.